Holy Trinity Church was built in the suburb of

Zhovkva Zhovkva is a List of cities in Ukraine, city in Lviv Raion, Lviv Oblast (Oblast, region) of western Ukraine. Zhovkva hosts the administration of Zhovkva urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Its population is approximately History A ...

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in 1720 on the place of a church that burned down in 1717. The structure consists of three wooden naves and a brick

sacristy A sacristy, also known as a vestry or preparation room, is a room in Christianity, Christian churches for the keeping of vestments (such as the alb and chasuble) and other church furnishings, sacred vessels, and parish records. The sacristy is us ...

. There is an

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consisting of about 50 icons painted by the masters of Zhovkva Painting and Carving School of

Ivan Rutkovych Ivan Rutkovych (), born c. 1650 in Bilyi Kamin, near Zolochiv, Lviv region, Ukraine, died after 1708, was a Ukrainian icon painter who worked mostly in Zhovkva and Univ. Biography Ivan Rutkovych is considered a founder of the Zhovkva I ...

in the beginning of 18th century. The iconostasis is made from linden wood carved by Ignatiy Stobenskyi. In 1978–79, iconostasis was

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. Now the church belongs to the

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. On the church's walls one can find the plates confirming that the building is an architecture monument built in 1720. On June 21, 2013, during the 37th Session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in Cambodia, the Holy Trinity Church was added to the

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among 16 Wooden tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in

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and

Gallery

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References

{{World Heritage Sites in Ukraine Churches in Zhovkva Wooden tserkvas of Carpathian region in Poland and Ukraine World Heritage Sites in Ukraine Churches completed in 1720 Ukrainian Catholic churches in Ukraine 1720 establishments in Europe Wooden churches in Ukraine